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Assembly is great but in this day and age I would suggest learning
C/C++.  Some C/C++ compilers are very efficient at optimizing code.  So
much so, that in some cases, the compiler can optimize code better than
even the most seasoned assembly programmer.

This is primarily true with DSP type processors which can execute
multiple instructions at once.

C/C++ pretty much seems to be the standard now.

Knowing assembly isn't necessary but it's a very good thing to know of
course.  These days, I only seem to use assembly to write software ports
for Real-Time Operating Systems.  The one I use mostly is uC/OS-II from
Micrium.

Barry

-----Original Message-----
From: Wagner Lipnharski [mailto:wagner@ustr.net] 
Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2004 2:02 PM
Subject: Re: [AVR-Chat] AVR Compiler: which is the best

> BASCOM is great for getting results in a hurry.

[snip]

That's the thing. In a hurry you can also get a BigMac at the street
corner,
but it is good for you?

One should pay very much attention if the word "hurry" is not
substituting
"lazy" and "scary" in learning assembly.

I would like to ask around, how many times someone needed to write a
code
"in a hurry".  Once I get the answer I would ask how long it can take to
learn assembly also "in a hurry".

In short and forever, pity those who run away from learning how to talk
to a
machine in its own native language.

rjmp pc-1

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